PinnedMarco SiccardiinLevel Up CodingWorkaround to force Xamarin.Forms WebView to use a dark mode CSS for local content on AndroidRecently I updated my blog reader app to support the dark mode newer iOS and Android version support. While everything went smooth on iOS…Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
PinnedMarco SiccardiinLevel Up CodingExtending Xamarin.Forms.Nuke on iOS to load a placeholder for images that fail to loadWhenever we load images from the web, there is a chance that the loading fails. For better user experience, having a placeholder mechanism…Mar 20, 20211Mar 20, 20211
Marco SiccardiinLevel Up CodingExtending glidex.forms on Android to load a placeholder for images that fail to loadIn this post I’ll show you how I extended the GlideExtensions in my fork of glidex.forms for Android to load a placeholder from …Mar 26, 2021Mar 26, 2021
Marco SiccardiSending push notifications to your Xamarin app from WordPress with Azure, Part II — the FunctionIn this second post of my series about sending push notifications from WordPress to Xamarin apps via Azure, we’ll have a look at the …Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020
Marco SiccardiSending push notifications to your Xamarin app from WordPress with Azure, Part I [new series]It is no secret that push notifications help to keep your users engaged. There are a bunch of options out there if you have a WordPress…Feb 29, 2020Feb 29, 2020
Marco Siccardi#XfEffects: Forms Effect to automatically scale FontSize on LabelIn this second post of my #XfEffects series, I am going to show you how to make the text of a Label grow and shrink within a defined range…Jan 17, 2020Jan 17, 2020
Marco SiccardiVisual Studio Extensions that will make your life easier in 2020We finally arrived in 2020 — time to kick off my blogging year as well. With this post, I will show you some of the Visual Studio…Jan 5, 2020Jan 5, 2020
Marco SiccardiinLevel Up CodingWhat I’ve learned from porting my first app ever to Android and iOS with XamarinI finally finished to port my first app ever from Windows Phone to Android and iOS — Fishing Knots + is finally published in the Google…Nov 19, 2019Nov 19, 2019
Marco Siccardi#XfEffects: Xamarin.Forms Effect to change the Tint color of ImageButton’s image — (new series)Every now and then, we need to customize our Xamarin.Forms apps to match a theme or other requirements. The Forms API has already a lot of…Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019
Marco SiccardiChanges to our social media channelsYou may have noticed that we were silent since UniShare died last year in terms of communications. Nonetheless, we were busy building…Sep 15, 2019Sep 15, 2019